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GE to Open Sodium-Metal Halide Battery Plant in New York

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GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. GE says the planned facility will produce approximately 10 million sodium-metal halide cells each year—equivalent to 900 MWh of energy storage, or enough to support 1,000 GE hybrid locomotives.

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ORNL Gene Discovery Can Lead to More Cost-Competitive Cellulosic Ethanol; Process Demonstrates Approach for Accelerated Industrial Strain Development

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More broadly, the researchers say, their study shows that the application of systems biology tools holds promise for rational industrial microbial strain development. Brown (2010) Paradigm for industrial strain improvement identifies sodium acetate tolerance loci in Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yang et al.

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Government working towards more liberal regime to foster sale, production of ethanol: VK Singh | Autocar Professional

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The government is working towards a more liberal regime to promote the production and sale of ethanol, said VK Singh, Minister of State (MoS), Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation. While speaking at the Fuels of Future 2.0,

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Analysts have said the EV industry will depend on lithium for years to come, even though cheaper battery technology alternatives using less or no lithium are being studied. “They have done good work, they have done good extractions of sodium, magnesium, and traces of lithium.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. He served on the boards of the Electronics Industry Association of Manitoba and the Canadian Institute of Management. He also worked as a consultant in Europe.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor. Global Energy Module (GEM50). Westinghouse-Toshiba. Toshiba 4S (Super Safe, Small and Simple).

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CATL unveils Condensed Battery for electric aircrafts and EVs

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Chinese power battery giant CATL has unveiled its new battery technology, Condensed Battery, which is expected to be used in electric aircrafts and drive faster change in the electric vehicle industry. As some background, 500 Wh/kg energy density is the highest we've seen to date for any power cell claimed to be able to be mass-produced.

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